# Cory Criswell

Cory Criswell is a Republican member of the Indiana House for district 54.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Indiana House, district 54
- Serving since: 2022-11-09
- Current term: IN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e4588f99-2084-4b0f-9260-f73a8f6aeb62

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e4588f99-2084-4b0f-9260-f73a8f6aeb62 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

18% of the 11 bills Criswell sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom quarter of the Indiana House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.36 (standard error 0.03), from 124 donors and 466 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 51% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IN 2025–26 session)

908 roll calls. Attendance 99.0% (Indiana House 91.6%). Party unity 95.4% (95.2%). 26 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 199 - Behning · SB 199 Various education matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB199/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 14 - Teshka · SB 14 Pension matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB14/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 140 - Zimmerman · SB 140 Public safety. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB140/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · HB 1200 - Pressel · HB 1200 Bureau of motor vehicles. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1200/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 144 - Rowray · SB 144 Tobacco, e-liquid, and vapor devices. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB144/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · HB 1343 - Bartels · HB 1343 Public safety matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1343/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 4 - Snow · SB 4 Various fiscal matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB4/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · HB 1268 - Bartels · HB 1268 Indiana defense matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1268/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · HB 1266 - Behning · HB 1266 Department of education and education matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1266/
- 2026-02-27 · voted nay · HB 1038 - Snow · HB 1038 Gaming matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1038/

## Legislation (IN 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 11 bills: 11 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 37. 18.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana House 45.8%; rank 82 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1418: Teacher licensing requirements. (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1418/
- HB 1131: Licensed estheticians and electrologists. (became law, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1131/
- HB 1133: Elimination of straight ticket voting. (in committee, 2026-01-20) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1133/
- HB 1132: Rush County food and beverage tax. (in committee, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1132/
- HB 1493: Regulation of towing services. (in committee, 2025-02-03) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1493/
- HB 1492: Transfers for extracurricular reasons. (in committee, 2025-01-27) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1492/
- HB 1610: Onsite wastewater industry registry. (in committee, 2025-01-30) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1610/
- HB 1324: Elections in small cities and towns. (in committee, 2025-01-13) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1324/
- HB 1323: Teacher licensing requirements. (in committee, 2025-01-13) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1323/
- HB 1027: County treasurer fees. (in committee, 2025-01-08) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1027/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $44.3K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 95% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2024/legislators/legislator_cory_criswell_1
- Campaign site: https://www.hoosiersforcriswell.com/
- X: https://x.com/CoryCriswell
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cory.criswell
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/corycriswell/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cory-criswell-2488a040/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e4588f99-2084-4b0f-9260-f73a8f6aeb62